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?k CONQUEST | | OF CANAAN f Sp By BOOTH TARKINCTON. ?* | lAirtlMf of "CKcrry." "Monsieur Be%.ucnire." Etc || <'oj>rrtet?t. l**K\ by Harper & Brothers J f- I (Continued from page 6 ) Pike, aua our think'.u of biui is wuere he begins to git what's comiu* to him! i What d'ye stand there pickia' straws fer? What's the matter with ye?" he demanded angrily, his violence tenfold Increased by the long repression he had | put upon himself during the brewer's j deliberate utterauces. "If Louie Far- i I bacb and bis crowd says they're fer ye. i I guess ye've got a chanst. haven't t ye?" "Wait," said Joe. "I think you un- ; derestiinate Pike's influence"? "Underestimate the devil!" shouted Mr. Sbeehan. uncontrollably excited. "Ynn talk about intluence! He's been the worst intluenee this town's ever had?and Ills tracks covered up in the I ' I dark wk^.e.e. Le so: his ugly toot , down! 7k.\?c r:c:: P. r.rji yr>\: , I know some but <t :!:.* v.\ ,-st of it. because none >; ve !. as deep down iu it as I do: Ye v.atu i ? make a i dean town of -it. ye want t ? make a little heaven of the Beach"? "And In the eyes of Judge Bike." Joe < cut him o.T. "and of all who take their opinions from hltu. 1 represent Beaver Beach!" .Mike Sbeehau pave a wild shout. "Whooroo! It's come! I kuowed it would! The day I couldn't hold my f tongue, though I passed my word I would when the coward showed the deed he didn't dare to git recorded! j Waugb!" He shouted again, with bit- j ^ "Martin Pike ovmt Beaver Beach!" I * ter laughter. "Ye do! Iu the eyes o* I them as follow Martin Pike ye stand fer the Beach and all Its wickedness, do ye? NYhooroo! It's come! Ye're an offense in the eyes o' Martin Pike and all bis kind because ye stand fer the Beach, are ye?" "V If* Jnp nnsncrwl sham . V ly. "If they could wipe the Beach off fhe map and me with it"? "Martin Pike would?" shouted Mr. 8beeban, while the others, opeu mouth- : ed, stared at him. "Martin Pike 1 "I sjon't need to tell you that," said Joe. Mr. Sheehan's big fist rose high over the table and descended crashing upon It "It's a lie!" he roared. "Xarw tin Pike owus Beaver Beach!" ??? J CHAPTER XXIII. FROM within the glossy old walnut bar that ran from wall to wall the eyes of the lawyers and reporters wandered often to Ariel as site sat In the packed courtroom watching Louden's fight for the life and liberty of Happy Fear. She had always three escorts, and, though she did not miss a session and the ^ game three never failed to attend her, no whisper of scandal arose. But not upon them did the glances of the members of the bar and the journalists with tender frequency linger, nor were the younger members of these two professions all who gazed that way. Joe had fought out the selection of the Jury with the prosecutor at great length and with infinite pains. It was not a young jury, and it stared at her. The "court" wore a gray l>eard w.th which a flock of sparrows might have villaged a grove, and yet in spite of the vital necessity for watchfulness over this fighting case, it once needed to h? stirred from a traucelike gaze In ? Miss Tabor's direction and aroused to ; the realization that it was there to I "ait" and uot to dream. The August air was warm outside rtho windows, inviting to the open country, to swimtnin* hole, to orchard reveries or shaded pool wherein to drop a meditative line You would 'a bave thought no <>:?- could williugly f coop himself in this h ?t room for three P. i 4. hours twice ji day while lawyers wiWgled, often unintelligibly, over the life of a dingy little creature like ? Happy Fear, yet the struggle to swelter there was almost like a riot, and 1 the bailiffs were busy men. It was a fighting case throughout, fought to a finish on each tiny point as It came up. dragging, in the mere matter of time, interminably, yet the Pi * ' .) ' ' I I ijMb, I people or Lanaan <not only those woo i succeeded in penetrating to the court ' room, but the others, who hung about i the corridors or outside the building.; and the great mass of stay at homes. ! I who read the story in the Tocsin) ; ; found ench moment of it enthralling j ; enough. The state's attorney, fearful j j of losing so notorious a case and not i ' underestimating his opponent, had j ; modestly summoned others to his aid. j , and the attorney for the defense sln! gle handed faced "an array of legal ! talent such as seldom indeed had hoi- i lered at this bar." faced It good natnredly, an eyebrow crooked up and ' 1 his head on one side most of the time. | yet faced it indomitably. He had a ! certain careless and disarming smile i I I when he lost a point, which carried | off the defeat as of only humorous j account and not at all part of the se- j rious business iu hand, and in his J treatment of witnesses he was piausi- | l?le kindlv. knowing that in this case i ? w . he had no Intending perjurer to entrap: brought into play the rare nnd delicate art of which he was a master, emptying in his questions subtle suggestions and shadings of tone and j manner and avoiding words of debat-1 able and dangerous meanings?a fine j craft, often attempted by blunderers I to their own undoing, but which, practiced by Joseph Louden, made inartie-! ulate witnesses articulate to the pre- j cl-e effects which he desired. This he ' accomplished as much by the help of1 the continuous fire of objections from j the other side as in spite of them. , He was infinitely careful, asking never j an ill advised question for the other side to use to hi> hurt and. though ex- ! hibiting only a pleasant easiness of manner, was electrically alert. A hundred things had shown Ariel that the feeling of the place, influenced j by "public sentiment" without, was ; subtly and profoundly hostile to Joe 1 and his client. She read this in the J spectators, in the jury, even in the ; judge, but it seemed to her that day ! by day the inimical spirit gradually j fall ?d inside the railing and also in those spectators who. like herself, were enabled by special favor to be present tl>rrm<?tiniif trlnl unit tlint nnw nnd then a kiudlier sentiment began to be manifested. She was unaware how strongly she contributed to effect this herself not only through the glow of visible sympathy which radiated from her. but by a particular action. Claud "ine was called by the state and told as much of her story as the law permitted her to tell. Interlarding her replies with ferveut protestations, too quick to be prevented, that she "never meant to bring uo trouble to Mr. Fear" and that she "did hate to have gen'lemeu starting things ou her account." When the defense took this perturbed witness her Interpolations became less frequent. and she described straightforwardly bow she had fouDd the pistol on the floor near the prostrate figure of Cory and hidden It In her own dress. The attorneys for the state listened with a somewhat cynical amusement to this portion of her testimony, believing It of no account uncorroborated. and that If necessary, the state could impeach the witness on the ground that It had been indispensable to produce her. She caine down weep lug from the stand, and, the next wit- j uess not being immediately called, the j eyes of tue Jurymen naturally followed her as she passed to her seat, and they saw Ariel *abor bow gravely to her across the railing. Now, a thousand things not set forth by legislatures, law men and judges affect u Jury, and the slight salutation caused the members of this one to glance at one another. for it seemed to imply that the exquisite lady in white not only kuew Claudine, but knew that she had sj>ok- j en the truth. It was after this that a feeling favorable to the defense uow aud then noticeably manifested Itself in the courtroom. Still, when the evidence for the stute was all in the life of Happy Fear seemed to rest in a balance precarious indeed, and the little mau. swa lip wing pitifully, looked ! at his attorney with the eyes of a sick | uog. Tben Joe gave tbe prosecutors au illuminating uud stuuuing surprise and, ! having offered in evidence tbe revolver found upon Claudlue. produced as bis j first witness a pawnbroker of Denver, I who Identified tbe weapon as one be ! bad sold to Cory, whom be had kuown J very well. Tbe second witness, also a i stranger, bad been even more intimate* j ly acquainted with tbe dead man, and there began to be an uneasy comprehension of what Joe had accomplished i during that prolouged absence of bis j which had so uearly cost the life of tbe , little mongrel, who was at present i (most blissful Respectability!) a lively ! convalescent in Ariel's back yard. The : second witness also Ideutitied the re- j volver, testifying that he had borrowed ! It from Cory in St. Louis to settle a question of marksmanship and that on ' his returning it to the owner the latter, j then working his way eastward, had ; j confided to him his Intention of stop- 1 ping In Canaan for the purpose of ex- ! erclsing its melancholy functions upon a man who had once "done him good" In that city. - 1 A. UaJ rsy lue nine me wuucss uuu rtrat-utru j this poiDt the prosecutor and bis assistants wwe on their feet, excitedly shouting objections, which were promptly overruled. Taken unawares, they fought for time. Thunder was i loosed?forensic bellowlngs. Everybody : lost his temper?except Joe. And the i examination of the witness proceeded. ! Cory, with that Riugular inspiration to confide in some one which is the characteristic and the undoing of his kind, had outlined his plan of operations to the witness with perfect clarity. He | would first attempt, so he had de- ! | clared, to Incite au attack upon himself j by playing upon the Jealousy of his j victim, having already made a tenta- j I i __r_ ttve effort in that direction. Falltng tn this, be would fall back upon one of a dozen schemes (for be was ready In such natters, he bragged), the most likely of which would be to play the peacemaker. He would talk of his good inteutions toward his enemy, speaking publicly of him In friendly and gentle ways. then, getting at him secretly, destroy him in such a fashion as to ':eave oi>en for himself the kind gate cf self defense. In brief, here was the whole tally of what liai^actually occurred, with the exception of roe last account m tne sequence wnicn had proved that demise for which Cory had not arranged. and It fell from the lips of a witness whom the prosecution had no means of impeaching. When he left the stand, uusbaken and undlscredited after a frantic cross examination. Joe. turning to resume his seat, let hlsi hand fall lightly for a second upon his client's shoulder. That was the occasion of a demonstration which indicated a sentiment favorable to the defense (on the part of at least ihree of the spectators), and it was in the nature of such a hammering of canes upou the hare wooden floor as efTeetualiy stopped ail other proc?H dings instantly. The indignant judge fixed the col>noI. I'etor Bradbury and Squire Buckalew with his glittering eye. yet the hammering continue! unahated. and the offenders surely would have been conducted forth in ignominy had not gallantry j prevailed, even in that formal place. , The judge, reluctantly realizing that some Intitm'e'must he allowed to these aged enthusiasts, since they somehow seemed to belong to Miss Tabor, made his remarks general, with the time worn threat to clear the room, whereupon the loyal survivors of Eskew relapsed iuto unabashed silence. It was now. as Joe had said, u clear n?.inch rifiea ftnlr tlio Cflse itself. however, was clear, for. as he anil his friends feared, the verdict might possibly he neither in accordance with tiie law. the facts nor the convictions ' of the jury. Kugeue's defection had uot altered the tone of fhe Tocsin. All day long a crowd of men and !>oys hung about the corridors of the courthouse, alnjut the square aud the neighboring streets, and from these rose somber murmurs, more and more ominous. The public seutiment of a community like Canaau cau make itself felt inside a courtroom, aud It was strongly exerted against Happy Fear. The Tocsin bad always been a powerful agent*, Judge Pike had iucreased its strength with a staff which was thoroughly efficient, alert aud always able to strike center with the paper's readers. aud in towu and couutry It had absorl>ed the circulation of the other local journals, which resisted feebly at times, but in the matter of the Cory murder bad not dared to do anything except follow the Tocsin's lead. The Tocsin, having lit the Are. red It? fed it saltpeter and sulphur?for now Martin Pike was fighting hard. TIia orwl nAAnla a# tho loaa 4 uc * It I ItJ VI O U UU J/VVJ/ V Vk ?UV IV9W urban parts of the country were accustomed to found tbeir opinions upon the Tocsin. They regarded It as the single Immutable rock of Journalistic righteousness and wisdom In the , world. Consequently, stirred by the outbursts of the paper, they came into Canaan In great numbers, and. though the pressure from the towu itself was so strong that only a few of them managed to crowd Into the courtroom, the others Joined their voices to those somber murmurs outdoors, which Increased In loudness as the trial went on. The Tocsin, however, was not having everything Its own way. The volume of outcry agaiust Happy Fear and his lawyer had diminished, it was noticed. in "very respectable quarters." The Information imparted by Mike Sheehau to the politicians at Mr. Farbacb's had been slowly seeping through the various social strata of the town, and. though at first incredulously re jected, It began to find acceptance. Upper Main street cooling appreciably In Its acceptance of the Tocsin as the law and the prophets. There were even a few who dared to wonder In their hearts If there had not been a mistake about Joe Louden, and, although Mrs. Flltrroft weakened not, the relatives of Squire Buckalew and of Peter Bradbury began to bold up their heads a little after'having made home horrible for those geutlemen and reproached them with their conversion as the last word of senile shame. In addition, the colonel's grandson and Mr. Bradbury's grandson had both mystifyingiy lent countenance to Joe, consorting with him openly, the former for his own purposes, the latter because he had cunningly discovered that it was a way to Miss Tabor's regard, which since her gentle rejection of him he had grown to believe, good youth, might be the pleasantest thing that could ever come to him. In short, the question had begun to thrive. Was It possible that Eskew Arp had not been lnsaue after all? The best of those who gathered ominously about the courthouse and ibi purlieus were the young farmers and field hands, artisans and clerks, one of the latter being a pimply faced young man (lately from the doctor's hands), who limped and would limp for the rest of his life, be who, of ail men. held .the memory of Eskew Arp In least respect and was burniugly delirous to revenge himself upon the living. The worst were of that mystifying, embryonic, semi-rowdy type, the American voyou, in the production of which Canaaq and her sister towns everywhere over the country are prolific? the young man. youth, boy |>erbnps. creature of nameless age. whose clothes are like those of a brakeman out of work, but who )>< not a brakeman in or out of work: wearing the tjjgclc soft hat tilted forward to shelter / t ; L-. \',0 ?as <i counter does tne contempt or a ( clerk?that expression which the face ^ does nof dare wear quite in the open. ^ asserting the possession of supreme ca- c pacify in wit. strength, dexterity and t amours: the dirty handkerchief under the collar, the short black coat, al- a ways double breasted: the eyelids .. sooty, one cheek always bulged, the , forehead speckled, the lips cracked. ^ horrible teeth and the affectation of possessing secret Information upon all s matters of the universe, above all. the e instinct of finding the shortest way to s any scene of official Interest to the r policeman, fireman or ambulance surgeon?a singular being, not profession- r lJlt- /-rimiiinl tnitirh hisfrtrtnlcnllv t rather than really, full of Its own argot of brag. hysterical when crossed. ^ timid through great Ignorance and * therefore dangerous. It furnishes not C the leaders, hut the mass of mobs, nnd it springs up at times of crisis from 11 heaven knows where. You might have * driven through all the streets of Ca- ^ uaau a week before the trial and have * seen four or five such fellows, hut ^ from the day of its beginning the s square was full of them, dingy shuttlecocks batted up into view by the Toe- 11 v sin. They kept the air whirring with their noise. The news of that sitting which ! a bad caused the squire. Flitcroft and I'eter Bradbury to risk the court's displeasure was greeted outside with loud J and vehement d!;fa\\>r. and when, at , noon, the jurymen were marshaled ' out to cross t.:e yard i > the NatioAil c House for dinqer a large crowd fo!4 [ lowed and serruiiadod them until they reached iIi ?lo?r> ??t' the hotel. "Don't t let Igiwyer Louden bamboozle you!" ^ "Hang him! 1'nr and feathers fer $ ye ef ye don't hang liiui!" These were i the mildest threats, and Joe Louden, ? watehiug from an upper window of the courth >.ise. observed wit!) a trou- J bled eye how certain of the jury shrank I from the pressure of the throng, how ' the cheeks of others showed sudden | pallor, sometimes "punnc seuumeui i has done evil things to those who have | not shared it, and Joe knew how rare a j thing is a jury which dares to stand j square against a town like Canaan aroused. The end of that afternoon's session saw another point marked for the defense. Joe had put the defendant on the stand, and the little man had proved an excellent witness. During his life he bad been many things?many 1 things disreputable; high standards were not brightly Illumined for him In the beginning of the night march which his life had been. He had been a tramp, afterward a petty gambler, but his great motive bad finally come to be the intention to do what Joe told him to do?that, and to keep Claudlne as straight as be could. In a measure i these were the two things that had : bronght him to the pass in which be j now stood, his loyalty to Joe and his resentment of whatever tampered with | Claudine's stralghtness. He was sub- ' missive to the consequences; be was ; still loyal. AmTlnow Joe asked him i to tell "Just what happened," and Happy obeyed with crystal clearness. Throughout the long, tricky cross exnmlnollnn ha anntlnnod tn lal) "Inst what happened" with a plaintive truthfulness not to l>e Imitated, and throughout it Joe guarded him from pitfalls (for lawyers In their search after truth are compelled by the exigencies of I their profession to make pitfalls even for the honest) and gave him. by varl- | ous devices, time to remember, though ^ not to think, and made the words "come right" In his month, so that before the sitting was over a disquieting rumor ran through the waiting crowd In the corridors, across the square and j over the town that the case was sure- ' Chew What Know Wh \ There is real pleasure i the best tobacco grov/n? hest fnbacco mows- in tl Piedmont Country. Only choice selection well-matured and thorouj tobacco is used in SCHNAPPS. 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"I'll take your uncle's word for It," eturned the other, smiling. "I think ie'11 go pretty far." They had come to the flight of steps rhlch descended to the yard, and the Isltor,. looking down upon the angry rowd, added, "If they don't kill him!" Joe himself was anxious concerning 10 such matter. He shook hands with lappy at the end of the sitting, bidling him be of good cheer, and when he little man had marched away unler a strong guard began to gather and ort his papers at a desk Inside the 'O" Thlo fnAb him norhnna firo mln. ites, and be had finished there vere only three people left in the room -a clerk, a negro janitor with a broom nt^ the darky friend who always hopeulfy accompanies a colored man holdng high public office. These two approvingly greeted the young lawyer, he janitor handing him a note from \orbert Flitcroft and the friend me* hanlcally ' borrowing" a quarter from lira as he opened the envelope. "I'll be roun' yo' way to git a box o* e-gahs." laughed the friend, "soon ez le campaign open up good. Dey all foln' vote ye* way down on de levee tank, but dev sbo' exnecks to git to Sin You money v t th? qt( I can save y c Call oi I Yours for t WTW KINGSTRI * t You Know at You Are a chewing chewers ? where the chewed, tc tie famous States wh was first s s of this States wh ^hly cured yet been o making SCHNAf mT*T*r?n? nn^Tac v^uiiov l's brands, to bring 01 I Revenue qualities. , made the classes of and one- cause they or a net really pies he entire price; the f chewing economica the United 15c. plugs ey's worth mot res;st ulating flsc CHNAPPS bacco love :ers them tain much ewin^ to- SCHNAPPS o lat chews way to hi< ;ood thing erly cured, kes other For the: s now es- for tobacco lany more like SCHNj ound In 5c. Cuts. Strictly /< IBACCO COMPANY, ? r ' . " ... ? .... ?'.' * ' *r/ ** %; f -V ???m * " ' I Sfrioke a Tlltlfc To" lecasnun" <tty: We ' knows who's ow Men'!" j Korbert's missive was lengthy and i absorbing. Joe went on his way, pa* | rusing It with profound attention, but | as be descended the stairway to tha } floor below a loud burst of angry shoot* j ing outside the building caused him to | hasten toward the big front door* which faced Main street. The doors opened upon an Imposing vestibule, ' from which a handsome flight of stone i jr steps, protected by a marble balus* ! trade. led to the grounds Standing at tbe top of these steps ; and leaniug over the balustrade, he had a clear view of half the yard. No ont was near him. Everybody was run* ning in the opposite direction, toward that corner of the yard occupied by tha Jail, the crowd centering upon an agitated whirlpool of men which moved slowly toward a door in the high wall that inclosed the building, and Joe saw that Happy Fear's guards, conducting the prisoner back to his cell, were being Jostled and rushed. The distance I they had made was short, but as they reached the door the. pressure upon them increased dangerously. Club? ; rose In the air. hats flew, the whirlpool I heaved tumultuously. and the steel door (Continued next week.) Piles get quick and certain relief from .'jjj Dr whoop's Magic Ointment. Pleas, 1 note it is made alone for Piles, and it ; action is positive and certain. Itchinga painful, protruding or blind piles dis- t a appear like magic by its use. .Large $3 j nickekcapped glass jars 50 cents, i Sold by D C Scott. TIT have the I f. I have 1 )ods, and I and will >u money. j n me. \ ; J business, Tilkins. EE, S. C. 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